302 THE PAKE A YOUNG SALMON. 



of the Duke of Buccleuch's salmon fisheries, the 

 latter of those of the Duke of Sutherland, were 

 the first to prove publicly some of the facts above 

 glanced at. I am glad however to state that an 

 accomplished angler and sportsman, Mr. W. 

 Scrope, F. L. S., the celebrated author of ".The 

 Art of Deer Stalking," and of " Days and Nights 

 of Salmon Fishing," knew, though he did not 

 make it public, so far back as the year 1825, 

 that the parr was the young of salmon. In that 

 year he communicated this information in a let- 

 ter to Mr. Kennedy, M. P., and maintained 

 the point in discussion against the contrary 

 opinions of the Ettrick Shepherd and other 

 supposed competent authorities. To him, there- 

 fore, I give the honour of the discovery, and to 

 Messrs. Shaw and Young that of having pub- 

 lished it and of following it up by other important 

 discoveries. 



Mr. Scrope, in his interesting " Days and 

 Nights of Salmon Fishing," a work which every 

 angler who desires to become accomplished should 

 consult, embodies Messrs. Shaw and Young's re- 

 marks on salmon with his own ; and all that is 

 left for me to do is to give the substance of their 

 joint observations. 



Salmon begin spawning in some rivers as early 

 as September, and continue doing so through the 



